2009 Men's Cross Country Participating Schools

Recent Men's Cross Country Headlines
Sun, Nov 22, 2009 - [Cross Country]
Kipruto finished second at NJCAA half marathon
Kipruto finished second at NJCAA half marathon
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - ­ The South Plains College Texans successfully defended the NJCAA half marathon championship they won last year behind the returning sophomores who powered them to the title last year.
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 - [Cross Country]
PEORIA, Ill. - The fifth ranked Lady Texan and seventh ranked Texan cross country teams performed better than their rankings this past Saturday when the SPC women finished third and the men fourth at the NJCAA cross country championships in Peoria, Illinois.

The Lady Texans were able to leap past Region 5 rival and number two ranked El Paso Community College and fourth ranked Cowley County with a strong team showing, led by freshman Lisa Forsberg.
Mon, Sep 28, 2009 - [Cross Country]
The women's cross country team from El Paso Community College is ranked number one in the latest NJCAA poll released September 23.  El Paso received eight of the 11 first place votes.  The ladies from New Mexico Junior College rank seventh and South Plains College sits at 13th. 

On the men's side, South Plains College is ranked sixth and El Paso is tenth.

Women's NJCAA Poll

Men's NJCAA Poll
Sat, Nov 22, 2008 - [Cross Country]
Overland Park, Kansas - After coming up just short of another NJCAA National Championship two weeks ago at the cross country championships, the Texan distance runners bounced back and won the NJCAA Half-Marathon national championship in Overland Park, Kansas.

Sat, Nov 8, 2008 - [Cross Country]
Kipruto led SPC with a 9th place finish
Kipruto led SPC with a 9th place finish

Spartanburg, SC - South Plains College Cross Country ended the season successfully at the NJCAA National Championships. The men competed with a full team and finished in second place in the team standings. The Texans scored 109 points, which was only 12 points from the team title.

The Texans were led by freshmanTallam Kipruto, who finished 9th overall, and completed the 8,000 meter course (5 miles) in 24:46. Fred Samoei (24:56) crossed the line in 13th place, Mitchell Driver (25:45) was 23rd overall, Javier Perez (26:11) was 31st, and Anthony Pequeno (26:11) rounded out the team scoring for the Texans, finishing in 33rd place. All five scoring runners for the Texans earned All-American honors and everyone except Samoei ran a seasonal best. Also competing for SPC, Derek Brest (27:01) finished 57th overall, and Robert Castanon (27:12) came across in 65th. There were 253 men who started the race.

Representing the Lady Texans were sophomores Gladys Chumba and Meagan Willingham. Chumba completed the 5,000 meter course (3.1 miles) in a personal best time of 18:38. Willingham also had a personal best, completing the course in 19:43, good for 36th place. Both Chumba and Willingham earned All-American honors for their performances.

 
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